For the purposes of preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and executing treaties and other international agreements, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) controls imports of goods under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act and also provides respective provisions to regulate goods based on the Export Trade Control Order (hereinafter referred to as the “order”) under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act.
On July 22, 2014, the Cabinet approved the required revision of the order concerning [i] addition and removal of goods to and from the regulatory list based on the agreements concluded at the International Export Control Conference in 2013 and [ii] centralized control of regulations, aiming to harmonize Japan’s systems with global systems, an approach bringing Japan into line with other countries and reducing burdens and reducing burdens imposed on businesses when enforcing treaties. METI hereby announces the revision.
This has been excerpted from a 22 July 2014 news release by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2014/0722_05.html